To debunk the "fine people" in Charlottesville hoax, I put together the following resources in this thread for you to retweet as needed.
First, to describe the fake news in context, two articles:
@CortesSteve - https://bit.ly/2Yc9ZFS
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@joelpollak -https://bit.ly/2F53Hz7
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Video of Trump specifically excluding the racists in Charlottesville from the “fine people” category and saying they should be “condemned totally” Video: https://bit.ly/2ujQSvD
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This New York Times article interviews one of the "gun-loving defenders of free speech" at Charlottesville who also hate racists.https://nyti.ms/2FdSb4h
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The one time CNN reported the "fine people" quote correctly before reporting it incorrectly from that point on: https://cnn.it/2BGMpV6
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The transcript from Trump's Charlottesville speech in which he specifically excludes the racists from the "fine people" category and says they should be "condemned totally."pic.twitter.com/cdxL4GbZ7J
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Replying to @ScottAdamsSays
Tell me more about the very fine people who blacked out and came to with Klansmen marching next to them. Tell me more about how this group of very fine people kept marching with Nazis chanting “Jews will not replace us.”
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That is the common hoax. See answer in the thread I tweeted.
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